Look After Your Car

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LV, Issue 17249, 3 May 1930, Page 9

Look After Your Car

TT pays to look after a new car; second-hand value is greatly affected by appearance and if one starts right away with it new car cleaning it regularly', subsequent operations do ho), involve such hard labor as it left: for weeks on end. Then, utter a season’s use. the car will slid have its bright appearance and the owner will realise that the cleaning was worth while. With an y kind of finish if is the {jest plan, if facilities are available, to liose the car down before it is. garaged when it has been out in the rain or driven over wet roads. the mini is thru soft mikl c;iii ojisily bi i rcmoved. There are certain points which should be remembered in connection with’hosing down any type ot car. A very strong line jet can be' directed to Hie underside of the mudguards, over tin* wheels and the ehassia in order to remove caked, mpd. To, remove, grease, parallin oil and wiit-ef should be used.

For the bodywork, however, and the upper sides of the wings a gentle How of water ovgr the panels only should Im used Co soften the mud, followed subsequently by sponging down al t' ■ same lime as the water is allowed to flow over the panels, and dry oil' with a good quality chamois lent her.

A fabric body should not be neglected for long." Jf left, dirt will become ingrained into the material and present a dull appearance even alter hosing. Very dirty fabric can be cleaned by washing down with just warm water and soft: soap. Folishiii'’ is effected by the use of a suitable preparation.

Mi id 1 trouble can lm caused with a

i<}iv if a little water finds .its way into the petrol tank, and owners faced with this 1 rouble are often at a loss to know the remedy*, because draining the rank is usually no cure, the water remaining behind in the term ot “beads” on Mm bottom of the tank. If, however, a quantity' of methylated spirit—-say a pint —‘us poured into the "Uipty tank turd the car rocked to swiif it round, the spirit will be found to absorb the water and the solution of spirit hiffl, water can then be drained off, leaving the tank clean. * * * * Boils, carburyles, abscesses successfully treated,with VEASTON TABLETS.---II A. Armstrong, Chemist, sells them.* . In “The Mad Shepherds" (Longmans), Mr. lliigh Brooke has achieved it -piece of particularly clever feminine characterisation. Quart ilia could hot be judged 'bv ordinary standards. Her outlook ts almost childlike in its capacity for enjoymout and laughter; she is dependent vet detached; she takes thoughtlessly' because, it never occurs to her to give, and the scandal and dissension she makes in the village, where she, is one of an oddly assorted quart eTto. leaves her completely unmoved. Pimples! YEASTO.N TABLETS reduce infection in remarkable _ manner. Only infernal treatment required. —ll A. Armstrong, Chemist."